Since the brown spider, an arachnid of the genus Loxosceles (Araneae, Sicariidae), can be found worldwide, it has different common names depending on the region it is found, including brown recluse, violin spider and fiddleback spider [1–4]. The Loxosceles genus was described by Heineken ...
Brown recluse spider bites may not even be noticed at first as they are often painless. Some people may notice minor stinging such as that felt with a bee sting when bitten by the spider. Symptoms of a brown recluse spider bite develop within eight hours after being bitten and include sever...
They are commonly called violin spiders because of the violin-shaped marking on the dorsum of the cephalothorax, with the neck of the violin pointing toward the abdomen. This feature, however, can be faint depending on the species or when the spider last molted. These spiders can be ...
If the legs or abdomen have additional colors, it is not a brown recluse spider. In addition, the brown recluse has only fine hair and no thick spines on its legs. If the spider in question has made the web in a highly visible location, this also means it is not a brown recluse. ...
True to its moniker, the tarantula hawk is a wasp with theremarkable habit of eating tarantulas, despite being dominated in size by the spider. To do this, they immobilize the tarantula by stinging them, dragging them away, and consuming them whole. Perhaps unsurprisingly...
The brown recluse's violin markings can vary in intensity depending on the age of the spider, with mature spiders typically having dark brown violin shapes. The neck of the violin shape points toward the spider's rear, or bulbous abdomen. However, the violin shape is easy to misinterpret, ...
Because of the previous surgeries necessary to remove the cancer and the constant cutting into her abdomen, an immense amount of scar tissue had formed and had somehow wrapped itself around her small intestine, pinching it, blocking everything from passing through. To correct it meant risking her...
If the spider has stripes or other markings on its body or legs, it's not a brown recluse. Spiders with darker abdomens or several different colors on their bodies also aren't brown recluses. For example, huntsman spiders and funnel weavers are often mistaken for brown recluses, but they...